How a newspaper cartoon with a swastika-wearing Trump roiled a Florida community
Washington Post July 3, 2020
Saturday, July 04, 2020
Cavna on the latest political cartoon controversy
How a newspaper cartoon with a swastika-wearing Trump roiled a Florida community
Alexandra Bowman talks to India's "Wade" animation directors
"Wade" Co-Directors on Discussing Climate Change Through 2D Animation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nNKLXQZkK4&t=1s
"Wade" Co-Directors on Animation Inspiration, Production, and Self-Distribution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWWjJfPMxlk&t=2s
"Ghost Animation" Co-Founders on Creating an Animation Studio, and Animating for Amazon and Google https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13X3_mGkGI8&t=2s
From the press release -
Upamanyu Bhattacharyya and Kalp Sanghvi's 'Wade' addresses the dangerous sea rising levels in Kolkata, India
Upamanyu Bhattacharyya and Kalp Sanghvi's Wade addresses the importance of climate change by focusing on the dangerous sea rising levels in India. This stunning animation will be screening online as part of Annecy International Animated Film Festival in June and Palm Springs International Shortfest also in June where it will be competing for the Best of the Festival Award and Best Animated Short.
In an imagined future where Kolkata is rendered unlivable by rising sea level, things take a dark turn when a family of climate change refugees are ambushed by a tiger in the flooded streets.
Co-director Upamanyu Bhattacharyya is an animator, filmmaker, comic artist and illustrator. Upamanyu co-directed the highly acclaimed short film Wade with Kalp Sanghvi. As a founding partner of Ghost Animation in Kolkata, he has worked on a wide range of animation and illustration projects for clients including Google, Amazon, and Penguin. Bhattacharyya worked on the title sequence for acclaimed director Mani Ratnam's film OK Kanmani, storyboarded his other film Kaatru Veliyidai and has also worked with Academy Award winning composer A.R. Rahman to create storyboards for his VR project Le Musk. Currently, he is finishing his work on his next solo animated short Ten, a dark comedy about the mass exodus from Bangladesh in 1971 and is developing his animated feature City of Threads, set in Ahmedabad in the 1960's.
Co-director Kalp Sanghvi is also an animation filmmaker and illustrator who co-founded Ghost Animation in Kolkata in 2015. He has worked on various animation and illustration projects for clients including Amazon and Sony Entertainment India. Kalp has worked on title sequences for feature films including acclaimed director Umesh Shukla's 102 Not Out, featuring Amitabh Bachchan & Rishi Kapoor. He is developing his first animated series Rajbari: The Ancestral House, a fantasy family drama set in Kolkata and working on an animated short film about tiger conservation in collaboration with the Wildlife Trust of India called Remains.
Wade has currently applied to over 60 festivals and its selections so far include Palm Springs International Short Fest, Brooklyn Film Festival (Best Film, Audience Award), ITFS Stuttgart, Krakow Film Festival, Animayo Film Festival (Best Art Direction) and OFF Odense International Film Festival.
This film screened online as part of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival on June 15th to June 30th and won the "City of Annecy" Award and at Palm Springs International ShortFest on June 16th to June 22nd.
Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley
Recent Cartoon (click on Image for larger view)
"Saint Putingrad" |
| ©2020 Steven G. Artley • artleytoons • all rights reserved |
Friday, July 03, 2020
Editorial Cartoon by Steve Artley
Reprise of a 2014 Cartoon following Redskins owner declaring there will be no name change, It uses the famous 1911 sculpture by James Earl Frazier on the shameful treatment and ultimate defeat of Native Americans — (click on Image for larger view).
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| ©2020 Steven G Artley • All Rights Reserved |
New Kickstarter from Rafer Roberts
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NIGHTMARE THE RAT - The NEW collection! 
Put them side-by-side! They look great together! 
Baltimore's David Plunkert interviewed by Steve Heller
The Daily Heller: A Commingle of David Plunkert’s Line and Collage
Steven Heller
June 30 2020
https://www.printmag.com/post/the-daily-heller-a-commingle-of-david-plunkert-s-line-and-collage
Thursday, July 02, 2020
Bianca Xunise in The Lily
It's not my job to absolve your white guilt
It should not take our deaths for people to realize our worth
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "So Over Quarantine"
From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist -
"So Over Quarantine"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3016
All across the US, the economy is "reopening". Despite new cases hitting a new record, cities all over the country are beginning to re-open bars and restaurants so that selfish, pasty-assed, whiny, non-mask-wearing America can go out and be served by people working with little or no adequate protection for crap wages and crap benefits — or often, no benefits at all. In my own hometown of Washington DC, we're currently in Phase II of Pretending It's Over And Everything Is OK.
"Bruh, if your waiter looks like this, that means you need to take your bourgeoisie ass home and learn to cook until this thing is over"
—Benjamin P. Dixon @BenjaminPDixon on Twitter, 07.01.2020
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3016
All across the US, the economy is "reopening". Despite new cases hitting a new record, cities all over the country are beginning to re-open bars and restaurants so that selfish, pasty-assed, whiny, non-mask-wearing America can go out and be served by people working with little or no adequate protection for crap wages and crap benefits — or often, no benefits at all. In my own hometown of Washington DC, we're currently in Phase II of Pretending It's Over And Everything Is OK.
"Bruh, if your waiter looks like this, that means you need to take your bourgeoisie ass home and learn to cook until this thing is over"
—Benjamin P. Dixon @BenjaminPDixon on Twitter, 07.01.2020
Cavna on protest and mask editorial cartoons
How cartoons are chronicling the battle between mask wearers and Trump
Washington Post July 2, 2020
The powerful cartoons mocking Trump's response to the protests
Washington Post June 2, 2020
Is Tom King writing a Watchmen sequel?
Bleeding Cool thinks he is.
Will Tom King and Jorge Fornés' Watchmen Comic Be Announced Soon?
Wednesday, July 01, 2020
Cinema Rex animation interview parts 3-5 online now
"Cinema Rex" Co-Directors on Telling a Story through a Child's Eyes (Interview Part 3/5)
•Jul 1, 2020
Co-Directors Mayan Engelman and Eliran Peled on Personal and Historical Storytelling in "Cinema Rex"
Co-Directors Mayan Engelman and Eliran Peled on Personal and Historical Storytelling in "Cinema Rex"
Alexandra Bowman.
Pop Mhan Comix has a new YouTube Channel
Local cartoonist Pop Mhan has started a tutorial channel on YouTube and has about fifteen videos online now at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCipchgDgYFXKCkfXtIBwkOQ
"Cinema Rex" Co-Directors on Animation vs. Live-Action Filmmaking
"Cinema Rex" Co-Directors on Animation vs. Live-Action Filmmaking
Alexandra Bowman
Steve Geppi returns to leading his companies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
A Message from Steve Geppi
(BALTIMORE, MD) — (July 1, 2020) —
Good Morning,
Today I am announcing an organizational change that will help us lean even further into the many opportunities to elevate our industry, our business and our brands in this fast-moving and evolving marketplace.
Effective immediately, I am reassuming the role of President, Geppi Family Enterprises (GFE), in addition to my position as Chairman & CEO. Stan Heidmann will be departing the organization. I thank him for his contributions and wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
As you know, I have a strong history of growing and leading this organization for several decades and I am energized about our next phase. I am supported by an exceptionally talented executive leadership team with deep expertise and an unwavering commitment to our industry as well as by the incredible teams they have built. I am proud and privileged to work with such amazing people.
Under my guidance, the executive leadership team will support a comprehensive strategic review to position the enterprise for future growth. I feel a tremendous responsibility to our employees and the industry, and I fully intend to set all Geppi Family Enterprise brands on a path for robust growth. I am confident we have the right leadership with talented teams in place and I see enormous opportunities for GFE.
You will be hearing more from me in the coming weeks as I am committed to keeping you all informed and involved. Be well, and I hope you find some time this holiday weekend to relax and recharge. Thank you for your continued support. I appreciate all you do.
Steve Geppi
Chairman, President & CEO
Geppi Family Enterprises
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ABOUT GEPPI FAMILY ENTERPRISES (GFE) — Geppi Family Enterprises (GFE) has served as the nexus of comics and pop culture since 1982. GFE is comprised of 11 brands in the US and the UK, including Diamond Comic Distributors and Alliance Game Distributors. GFE provides a multi-channel platform of publishing, marketing and fulfillment services, coupled with an unparalleled global distribution network for retailers, publishers and vendors. What started as one man's hobby, with a single warehouse and 17 retail customers, has evolved into the Geppi Family Enterprises of today: the largest distributor of English language comics, graphic novels and pop culture related merchandise worldwide.
Tuesday, June 30, 2020
PR: NBC News and Upshot Studios Partner on New Digital Comic Series - Covid Chronicles
This has nothing to do with comics in the DMV, but I read all 3 and thought the quality was impressive, so I'm posting the PR here - Mike
In partnership with Upshot Studios, an imprint of AWA, NBC News THINK has published "Covid Chronicles" – a weekly comic series featuring true stories from frontline workers, those battling coronavirus and tales of hope around the globe. Read each new volume weekly at NBCNews.com/THINK
Covid Chronicles, Vol. 1-3
Read them all:
- Covid Chronicles, Vol. 1: A nurse's anguish in the ICU
- Covid Chronicles, Vol. 2: 'I think this virus is trying to kill me'
- Covid Chronicles, Vol. 3: Opera singer's voice carries during quarantine
In partnership with Upshot Studios, an imprint of AWA
Written by Ethan Sacks
Art by Dalibor Talajić
Lettering and production by Bosung Kim
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Wash Times' Alexander Hunter wins editorial cartooning award
DD Degg has the story -
Clay Bennett and Alexander Hunter Win National Sigma Delta Chi Editorial Cartoonist Awards
Earlier this year, Hunter came in second place for the local Washington, D.C., Pro Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists's Dateline Award, placing behind Al Goodwyn.
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